Need some input on a new rifle

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My vote is a 24” 30-06 with a bonded 180g bullet. My Sako flings 180g Accubonds at 2,875 fps. At 7,000’ elevation (lower end for elk country), it still retains over 1,600 foot pounds of energy at 500 yards.
 
magnatecman said:
Yes I know that my 270 is adequate for my needs, It has already proven that for the past 30 years. I have a 1/2 moa load with 140 gr. Berger's that has taken several elk out to 571 yards according to my range finder. I have shot steel with it out to 700 yards just for fun.

But now that it's been compared to a chevy I REALLY want something different. :rofl:
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Maybe we need to change the name to .269 Whizbanger, so people will look at it differently?
 
Picher said:
Maybe we need to change the name to .269 Whizbanger, so people will look at it differently?
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Picher,

I'm not sure why your trying to shoot down my Harmonious Joy Ride, but maybe it's cause I've had the same rifle and same caliber for all these years I just want to try something new?

You seem to want me to just be content with what I have.
 
magnatecman said:
Picher,

I'm not sure why your trying to shoot down my Harmonious Joy Ride, but maybe it's cause I've had the same rifle and same caliber for all these years I just want to try something new?

You seem to want me to just be content with what I have.
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Not at all. I often look at different cartridges and have had several besides the .270 Win over the years, including .30-06, .22-250, and .243, and killed deer with all of them. I've also hunted with handguns and shotguns, getting a nice buck with a 20 gauge slug. They all go BANG and they all will kill deer, etc. I've owned close to 100 guns over the years, about 10 when in high school, many moons ago. I found that newer isn't always better, however. If it ain't broke, go ahead and fix it anyway.
 
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I've looked at many "expensive" rifles over the years, but can't bring myself to spend about $4,000 for a deer rifle that I'm going to take into the Maine woods. It would end up being a "range queen" that wouldn't shoot any better than the rifles I already own. For instance, my "customized"
Rem 700 BDL Stainless Fluted in a Stocky's Super Walnut, which is very tough, having two layers of carbon fibre running the length of it. The first year I had the stock on my other Rem.270 stainless, we were quickly walking down a woods road in 4" of snow, headed for breakfast, when I caught my toe under an elevated root and the rifle went flying and sliding in the snow about 15 feet. The fancy stock came off that day and the Sendero stock went back on!!! Now, the stock is on my new 700 CDL stainless fluted rifle and it only goes hunting in nice weather. The older rifle goes out in colder or wetter weather, using the Sendero stock.

Either rifle shoots under 1 MOA and both wear Leupold VX2, 3-9x scopes.


. John's Moose-Killer .270.jpg
 
Beautiful rifle, but I would hunt with that for sure. I know it's hard to get a scratch on a great stock, but I look at it as memories of the hunt. Of course sometimes those memories you may not want to be remembered. I guess I see it this way because my dad has his .308 mod 70 that is pre-64 and that thing looks like it's been used as an ugly stik for beating uglies. But it's an awesome rifle with tons of great memories, I wouldn't change it one bit!
 
magnatecman said:
But now that it's been compared to a chevy I REALLY want something different. :rofl:
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I wouldn't worry about it, if your .270 has worked well for even a fraction of the 30 years you mentioned, it's obviously not a Chevy equivalent...

* Insert rim shot

In your situation, I think I'd lean towards something in .30-06, 7mm RM, or .280AI. In similar rifles they'll have similar recoil, which in my experience is substantially less than full power 35 Whelen or 9.3x62 (neither of which I'm terribly interested in owning again).

The .270 does provide a nice mix of power, trajectory, bullet SD and recoil for hunting big-ish game, maybe a new higher end rifle in the same old caliber would scratch your itch for something different.
 
magnatecman said:
Longest lasting most dependable trucks on the road, or so they say! Don't believe it just ask them.
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According to jdpower awards from past years.....
You're looking for the .270wsm, think of your 270 like a Chevy nova 4dr, straight 6, throw the wsm on the back and it becomes a big block chevelle coupe.
 
horsey300 said:
According to jdpower awards from past years.....
You're looking for the .270wsm, think of your 270 like a Chevy nova 4dr, straight 6, throw the wsm on the back and it becomes a big block chevelle coupe.
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Actually I am thinking more along the lines of a '64 Mustang with a big gnarly v8. Or a Weatherby Mk V 338-06 would put a big smile on my face too!
 
Just me, but I'd consider a .280 Ackley Improved. While it's primarily a hand loader's cartridge, Nosler does produce a couple of factory loads.
 
It usually ain't what you shoot, but where you HIT that counts most. I was never more impressed with my .270 than when I killed a bull moose last year. One shot, 270 yards, as it walked and died in 15 yards. Heard it hit and the moose fall. Dressed out at 860 lbs. First, probably only
opportunity for me.
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I really wish people would refrain from comparing my beloved 270 to chevy's.... I know it's an irrational way to be, but that's just me.:D
 
My moose hunting handload used 140 grain Nosler Accubond with a stiff load of Reloder 22. Accurate as heck and hits like a Mack Truck, only faster. I was sitting on my folding stool and held as steady as ever. Wasn't nervous at all. Accubonds are devastating and very accurate!!!
 
I have an irrational dislike for the .270 for two reasons.

I used to use my uncles’s to Shoot groundhogs. The guy that loaded for it was proud of the fact that he “loaded ‘em hot”. Light rifle, no recoil pad. Kicking S.O.B. If I Shot it more than 4-5 times I’d be black and blue.

Other was Jack O’conner. When I was in grade school and later, I read absolutely every issue of Outdoor Life and Field & Stream religiously. I swear the only thing O’Connor had ever done in his entire hunting career was sheep in the Sonoran desert. And the .270 was the only rifle that every existed that was worth having. Even at that young and impressionable age, I knew bull feces when I read it.
 
Picher said:
My moose hunting handload used 140 grain Nosler Accubond with a stiff load of Reloder 22. Accurate as heck and hits like a Mack Truck, only faster. I was sitting on my folding stool and held as steady as ever. Wasn't nervous at all. Accubonds are devastating and very accurate!!!
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I used that bullet under Reloder 23 on an antelope, muley buck and a cow elk and didn't catch any bullets. Really a great bullet for the .270, did you have an exit on that moose?
 
redneck2 said:
I have an irrational dislike for the .270 for two reasons.

I used to use my uncles’s to Shoot groundhogs. The guy that loaded for it was proud of the fact that he “loaded ‘em hot”. Light rifle, no recoil pad. Kicking S.O.B. If I Shot it more than 4-5 times I’d be black and blue.

Other was Jack O’conner. When I was in grade school and later, I read absolutely every issue of Outdoor Life and Field & Stream religiously. I swear the only thing O’Connor had ever done in his entire hunting career was sheep in the Sonoran desert. And the .270 was the only rifle that every existed that was worth having. Even at that young and impressionable age, I knew bull feces when I read it.
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I'm not sure that counts as irrational.
 
Was at my local gun shop years ago and one of our old colorful men made a statement about hating the 30-06, said if you have one you don't need any other caliber, so you end up with one rifle (BORING)
 
redneck2 said:
I have an irrational dislike for the .270 for two reasons.

I used to use my uncles’s to Shoot groundhogs. The guy that loaded for it was proud of the fact that he “loaded ‘em hot”. Light rifle, no recoil pad. Kicking S.O.B. If I Shot it more than 4-5 times I’d be black and blue.

Other was Jack O’conner. When I was in grade school and later, I read absolutely every issue of Outdoor Life and Field & Stream religiously. I swear the only thing O’Connor had ever done in his entire hunting career was sheep in the Sonoran desert. And the .270 was the only rifle that every existed that was worth having. Even at that young and impressionable age, I knew bull feces when I read it.
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Was your uncle's rifle a Savage 110? Mine kicked like a mule until I got/configured a stock that was kinder to the shoulder and cheek than my early, low-comb Savage 110. Attached picture shows it with the new stock, a Bishop inletted blank that I configured at 16 yrs.
 

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